Chapter 71: Demon Blade
Watching Amu hold that purple crystal and lick it, Su Xiao was worried the thing might explode, but from the current situation, that crystal didn’t seem likely to blow up. Amu wasn’t biting it, just licking. Who said Amu had low intelligence? When it came to eating, Amu’s IQ clearly saw a slight improvement.
Leaving Amu aside for now, Su Xiao looked at the Dragon-Slaying Flash not far in front of him. At this moment, the Dragon-Slaying Flash was enveloped by a dark blue smoke. Light beams shot from all directions converged on the Dragon-Slaying Flash, forming a diamond-shaped energy net that wrapped around it.
Boom!
A dull thud came from within the Dragon-Slaying Flash. It was the Demon Blade energy colliding inside. The Dragon-Slaying Flash was currently in a “saturated state,” unable to bear any more Demon Blade energy.
Su Xiao had anticipated this situation. In fact, this was the process of blade awakening. He needed to strip something from the Dragon-Slaying Flash to make room for the Demon Blade energy, allowing the Dragon-Slaying Flash to successfully seal it.
Su Xiao’s current state clearly wouldn’t allow it. He had just stripped the Demon Blade energy from his own body and needed a moment to rest.
Lock, strip, seal, awaken—these were the four steps to complete blade awakening. The lock and strip were done, leaving only the seal and awaken.
After resting for a moment, Su Xiao glanced at the [Consciousness Conduction Crystal] below. The 1,000 grams in the slot had dwindled to less than 400 grams. He needed to hurry.
Clang! An explosive sound rang out as one of the metal pillars of the Demon Blade sealing device burst open. The black energy enveloping the Dragon-Slaying Flash dimmed slightly. Seeming to sense this, the Demon Blade energy inside became even more violent.
This sudden change startled Su Xiao badly. The Demon Blade sealing device had likely been unactivated and unmaintained for over a thousand years. It wasn’t impossible for it to blow up now.
Realizing this, Su Xiao sat up with some effort and looked at his right hand. He shook his head. This arm still needed to hold the blade; it couldn’t be compromised.
Removing the King’s Honor Bracer from his left arm, Su Xiao pressed his left hand toward the Dragon-Slaying Flash. Black light burst forth, and the Cyan Steel Shadow energy in his body drained at a rate of hundreds of points per second.
Light and shadow flickered before his eyes. In a hazy blur, Su Xiao seemed to see a vague figure—extremely blurry, just a mass of mist.
Black light enveloped Su Xiao. Nearby, Amu, who had been licking the purple crystal, turned and fled. His instincts were warning him: if he didn’t escape the ice cave, he would die, not even leaving ashes behind. As for his master’s safety—don’t joke. The master of that black light was his master.
Just as Amu fled the ice cave, the black light flashed and vanished. Everything it touched disappeared, as if annihilated from existence.
The ice cave vanished, and a cold wind howled in. Su Xiao lay on a flat sheet of ice, his left fingers twitching unconsciously. A notification from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
[Contractor has acquired new ability: Dragon Shadow Flash.]
[Dragon Shadow Flash: X (Active Ability).]
Skill Effect: Can break through space barriers to move 12 meters, freely choosing between 0 to 12 meters.
Note: Dragon Shadow Flash (Active) cooldown is 2 minutes.
Note: Dragon Shadow Flash (Active) consumes 400 points of Cyan Steel Shadow energy.
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That’s right, Dragon Shadow Flash had become Su Xiao’s own ability, not a supplementary ability of the Dragon-Slaying Flash. The prerequisite of “holding the Dragon-Slaying Flash” was gone. Now, even without gripping the blade, he could freely use the Dragon Shadow Flash ability.
Don’t underestimate this seemingly “optional” improvement. Now Su Xiao could use Dragon Shadow Flash while employing D·Assassination or Duke of Annihilation, giving his overall mobility a qualitative leap.
Moreover, Su Xiao couldn’t hold the Dragon-Slaying Flash 24/7. If ambushed, the moment he reached for the blade could determine life or death.
Not only that, the consumption of Dragon Shadow Flash had also significantly decreased. As for the cooldown, that was trickier—unless Su Xiao used a Golden Skill Point to upgrade it.
Su Xiao had vaguely guessed that Dragon Shadow Flash would become his own ability. Based on the experience of the forging master Reed, every piece of equipment could be likened to a bucket. The bucket’s size, or the equipment’s rank, determined how much water it could hold—the equipment’s abilities.
A wooden bucket had a limit to the water it could carry. The previous Dragon-Slaying Flash had been overflowing, with Dragon Shadow Flash taking up the bulk. If the Dragon-Slaying Flash wanted to fuse with the Demon Blade energy, it needed to free up space.
Su Xiao only glanced at the Dragon Shadow Flash ability before looking up at the Dragon-Slaying Flash in the slot. The Demon Blade sealing device was now emitting black smoke. If repaired, it might still be usable, but the race capable of repairing it was exceedingly rare.
Just as Su Xiao was about to stand and pull the Dragon-Slaying Flash from the slot, he paused and raised his right arm.
Hum~
The Dragon-Slaying Flash not far away let out a crisp ring and flew toward Su Xiao without warning.
Slap! Su Xiao caught the hilt of the Dragon-Slaying Flash. The feeling was both familiar and strange.
The moment Su Xiao gripped the Dragon-Slaying Flash, the dark blue smoke on the blade dissipated. An orange light flashed across the edge and vanished.
Attempting a forward slash, Su Xiao barely exerted any force before the air let out a whimper, as if it were about to be cut open.
Su Xiao took a deep breath and tried to check the Dragon-Slaying Flash’s attributes. The first thing that caught his eye was the cleared enhancement level.
Dragon-Slaying Flash (Blade Value 0%)
Origin: Shadow of Law Destruction
Quality: Epic
Category: Long Blade
Durability: 150/150 (Increased by 20)
Attack Power: 256~374 (Increased by 26~31)
Equipment Requirement: Inheritor of Shadow of Law Destruction
Supreme Blade Effect 1: Sharpness +76 (Increased by 25)
Supreme Blade Effect 2: Bloodthirsty Praise (Passive), when attacking with Dragon-Slaying Flash, 40% of damage dealt is converted into healing for self (Conversion rate increased by 5%).
Supreme Blade Effect 3: Demon Blade (Active), when attacking an enemy unit with health below 25%, can release the Blade Demon Spirit within the Dragon-Slaying Flash. The Blade Demon Spirit will use Cyan Steel Shadow energy to invade the enemy’s body, dealing a killing blow that ignores resistance, immunity, and defense (this instant-death effect has no judgment process).
Note: This skill has no cost.
Note: After releasing the Blade Demon Spirit, it will hibernate for 5 natural days.
Gem Slots: 6~8
Spirit Cat +13 (Legendary Gem, originally Gold): Ignores 45 points of enemy body defense, reduces the target’s healing effect by 20% for 30 seconds. This gem shatters upon removal and cannot be upgraded again.
Soul Severing Shadow Stone·Incomplete (Legendary Gem): Sharpness +28
Mad Knight (Legendary Gem): Attack deals True Agility attribute × 0.9 (88 points) of damage that ignores physical defense.
Elegy (Legendary Gem): If enhancement causes the weapon to break, Elegy will replace the gemmed weapon and break instead.
Blood Hunter (Legendary Gem): Each kill permanently increases the weapon’s minimum attack power, up to a maximum of 30 points.
Rating: 650 points (Epic equipment rating ranges from 530 to 700 points; 700-point full-rating Epic equipment will have special effects).
Description: Loss, meeting, fighting together, rebirth, growth, legend, awakening.
Price: Untradeable.
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